
Susan Kohner
Biography
Susanna "Susan" Kohner (born November 11, 1936) is an American former actress. She is best known for her role as Sarah Jane in Douglas Sirk's drama Imitation of Life (1959), which earned her a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
Kohner has also starred in the films The Gene Krupa Story (1959), for which she won a Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer – Female, All the Fine Young Cannibals (1960), By Love Possessed (1961), and Freud (1962).
Kohner retired from acting in 1964, after marrying menswear designer John Weitz, with whom she had two sons, filmmakers Paul and Chris Weitz.
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Known For
Acting History
2022
A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story as Self
1963Channing as Rena Covic
1962Freud: The Secret Passion as Martha Freud
1962Going My Way
1962The Merv Griffin Show as Self
1962The Nurses as Terry Collins
1961The Dick Powell Show as Miriam Marks
1961By Love Possessed as Helen Detweiler
1960Route 66
1960Checkmate as Victoria Angelo
1960All the Fine Young Cannibals as Catherine McDowall
1960In the Presence of Mine Enemies as Rachel Heller
1959The Gene Krupa Story as Ethel Maguire
1959The Big Fisherman as Fara
1959Imitation of Life as Sarah Jane (18)
1959Rawhide as Abbie Bartlett
1957Dino as Shirley
1957Trooper Hook as Consuela
1956The Last Wagon as Jolie Normand
1955Matinee Theater
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Therese
1955To Hell and Back as Maria
1954Climax! as (segment "Child of the Wind")
1954Climax!
1952Cavalcade of America
1952Four Star Playhouse as Anita
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Angela O'Neill
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Lynn Howell







